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Types of

Boardgames

For Youth

Boardgame

Projects

Types

1. Roll and Move

2. Simulation

3. Strategy

4. Resource Management

5. Cooperative

6. Abstract

7. Card-Based

8. Task or Campaign Based

9. Werewolf

1.Roll and Move

• The simplest type of

game

• Typically you roll dice,

land on a space, and

chance determines the

outcome of the game

2.Simulation

• All games will probably

have some “simulation”

to them.

• Simulation games put

people into the roles of

simulating a process or a

role

• Sometimes also called

“roleplay”

3.Strategy

• These games pit players

against one another and

give players tools that

they can use to

manipulate the game

either in their favor or

their opponents disfavor

• There is typically many

different ways to win the

game

4.Resource Management

• In these games players

compete with each other to

gather, create, build, etc.

• Typically there is a point

system and a determinate

end to the game.

• At the end of the game the

person with the most

resources wins

• There are multiple ways to

win the game

5.Cooperative

• Instead of playing against each other, players are attempting to complete a challenge within a game and the cooperation of players strategizing together determines if the game is won or loss.

• Players trying to beat the game instead of trying to beat one another

• Typically players are given a diverse set of tools, and have to figure out the most efficient way to use those tools to win

6.Abstract

• These games typically deal more with mathematics, geometry, shapes, etc.

• You could have an “abstract” component to your game that requires some strategy and could simulate an aspect of the Bill Becoming a Law Process

7.Card Based

• Strategy and Chance

• Players have a deck of

cards and randomly

draw a set of cards that

allow players do do

different things within

the context of the game

• Players will then play

cards to their own

benefit or to their

opponents demise

8.Werewolf

• One or more (usually a minority amount) of players in the game have a secret identity.

• That secret identity puts them in contest with other players in the game.

• And throughout the game there are game mechanics that allow them to sabotage other players.

• Usually these games have multiple objectives and one of them is to gain the advantage by either keeping your identity secret or discovering who is the sabotuer

9.Task or Campaign Based

• Individual or group tasks

• Definite purpose like finish thetask and win point or the wholeprocess

• Open and clear definitions of campaigns and each player needsto reach to be successful